难得老爸老妈和儿子一起去grocery shopping。为了省钱给儿子上私立，老妈决定今天去了Sam's Club买大包装的用品。老爸正在一排冰柜边挑儿子的早餐，就听到旁边噼里啪啦，东西从架子上掉下来的声音。扭头一看，是一位上了年记的老太太在开冰柜拿东西时，东西从里面掉下来了。老太太年纪大了，弯腰明显不方面，老爸还没来得及抬脚，儿子连忙跑过去帮忙。一件一件放回冰柜，就最后一件摔开了包，儿子把里面的小件捡起来，放回box,却盖不上，老爸只好出手了。老太太站起来，拿出钱包，取出五块钱，递给儿子：“Thank you, sweetheart! Keep this please. ”儿子犹豫了。老爸连忙给老太太说：“There is no need. Good for him to learn to healp others.”老太婆硬塞给了儿子。见钱眼开的儿子有点喜出望外了。
老妈逛了一圈，回来看到儿子手里的钱，问：“Where did you get this?”
“An old lady gave me after I helped her.”
老爸说：“You did well today. See, it is good to help others. Sometime you even get surprise when you help others.”
“I know. Last year when we went fishing, you helped a disabled person to carry his cooler from the bridge to the water edge. He wanted to give you 20 dollars,and you did not take it.”儿子还记得去年的事呢。
看样子，父母不经意的举动，也会在孩子脑海里留下映记。
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